Production of bio-addittive: acetalization of glycerol with furfural assisted by solid acid catalyst to obtain dioxolane.

MAIA MONTAÑA; LETICIA MENDEZ; MARCO A. OCSACHOQUE; JUAN A. CECILIA; DANIELA LICK; ENRIQUE RODRIGUEZ CASTELLON; MONICA L. CASELLA

Simposio; RSEQ Symposium 2021; 2021

RSEQ

Duringthe last decade, renewable fuels have become an important focus of research inthe energy field, likewise the building block derived from biomass waste searchfor sustainable alternative due to the increasing world energy demand. In thissense, the valorization of glycerol, generated from biodiesel production, withfurfural as molecule derived from lignocellulosic biomass, by the catalyticacetalization reaction to obtain dioxolanes, results interesting. Dioxolane asbio-additives has application for oil and biofuels industry. In this work, theacetalization reaction of glycerol with furfural to obtain2,2-furfuril-1,3-dioxolan-4-il-methanol and 2,2-furfuril-1,3-dioxan-5-ol wasinvestigated.